News in brief: Nine Dragons orders three PM from Voith

British DS Smith group has commissioned technology provider Voith to rebuild the PM 4 at the company’s Viana site in northern Portugal. The rebuild will increase production capacity from 400,000 tpy to 428,000 tpy of kraftliner with a machine design speed of 1,100 m/min, according to Voith. The start-up of the project...

Publication paper manufacturer Norske Skog has officially entered the market for recycled corrugated case material (RCCM). According to Norske Skog, the company has received its first commercial orders for Testliner III and Fluting grades sold under the Strato brand. The paper machine PM 3 at the Norske Skog Bruck mill...

British DS Smith Group plans to take additional downtime from July to September in order to counter high production costs. These measures will reduce output by 20,000 to 30,000 t, the company said. All containerboard grades would be affected....